Dalto VF, et al. – Aim of this study was to compare short tau inversion–recovery (STIR) with another fat saturation method in the assessment of sacroiliac joint inflammation. In context of the findings, short tau inversion–recovery technique and spectral attenuated inversion recovery T2w sequence displayed high agreement in the evaluation of sacroiliac joint subchondral bone marrow oedema in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). Spectral attenuated inversion recovery T2w may be an alternative to the STIR sequence for this purpose.